diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index b655a4e45..018ef488c 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -72,20 +72,13 @@ cluster-down: delete-config
 prep-config:
 	@echo 'Generating certs and deploying into active cluster...'
 	cat deploy/deployment-base.yaml | sed -e "s|IMAGE|${IMAGE}|g" | tee deploy/deployment.yaml
-	cat deploy/mutatingwebhook.yaml | hack/webhook-patch-ca-bundle.sh > deploy/mutatingwebhook-ca-bundle.yaml
 
 deploy-config: prep-config
 	@echo 'Applying configuration to active cluster...'
 	kubectl apply -f deploy/auth.yaml
 	kubectl apply -f deploy/deployment.yaml
 	kubectl apply -f deploy/service.yaml
-	kubectl apply -f deploy/mutatingwebhook-ca-bundle.yaml
-	until kubectl get csr -o \
-		jsonpath='{.items[?(@.spec.username=="system:serviceaccount:default:pod-identity-webhook")].metadata.name}' | \
-		grep -m 1 "csr-"; \
-		do echo "Waiting for CSR to be created" && sleep 1 ; \
-	done
-	kubectl certificate approve $$(kubectl get csr -o jsonpath='{.items[?(@.spec.username=="system:serviceaccount:default:pod-identity-webhook")].metadata.name}')
+	kubectl apply -f deploy/mutatingwebhook.yaml
 
 delete-config:
 	@echo 'Tearing down mutating controller and associated resources...'